The American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA)is your resource for psychiatric mental health nursing. A professional organization with more than 10,000 members, we are committed to the practice of psychiatric mental health nursing, health and wellness promotion through identification of mental health issues, prevention of mental health problems and the care and treatment of persons with psychiatric disorders.

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.